Do You Know The #1 Regret of the Dying

It might surprise you. 

Bronnie Ware is an Australian woman who worked with patients who had a short time left to live. She would often ask them if they had any regrets now that they were nearing the end of their lives and she found that there were 5 common regrets of almost every patient she cared for. 

Can you guess the number one regret?? It wasn’t to have more money, or a bigger house, or more prestige or better looking bodies. The one thing these people could see clearly as they confronted the end of their mortal lives was this:

“I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself”

Bronnie said that “this was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams…”

What does their experience make you think about your own life?

Do you know what your biggest dreams are?

Years ago, I took some time and wrote out what my dream life looked like, and I went BIG with my dreams.

Why? Because like you, I’m still here! And because life is short. Because we control so very little of what goes on in our lives. Because we have today to LIVE! So how will you live it?!

What worries would you let go of, what habits would you drop, what passion would you grow and develop if you knew your time was limited?? Because it is!!

And this thought doesn’t scare or depress me. It fills me with enough courage to take one step today towards what I hope will be a better tomorrow.

What dream would you be all in on trying out if you knew you couldn’t fail? Because you can’t fail. Not really. The only way you really fail is by not trying at all. So what step will you take today in the name of courageous living??

You and I were meant for so much more and I can’t wait to see who we become!

xo,
Hill

p.s. This short article is where she goes into each of the 5 regrets in more depth and is totally worth a read!